kentishman
David
Hello, I'm new here, recently stumbled across this forum and I've learnt some stuff I think from the falling pics thread. Something I've always wondered since watching the likes of Ax-men is when in the year is the logging season. In the mountains, is this basically the summer, when the weather allows? Does it vary a lot in different areas, how much down time do different people experience?
I'm what we call here a woodcutter, similar to your loggers. In my area we cut coppice wood mostly, on sites that have been cut regularly like this for centuries. There is a traditional season for doing this, here it is the winter. From September to March anyway. Loads of reasons for this, cutting the wood when dormant means a whole summer of regrowth giving larger, sturdier shoots of regrowth, more likely to survive frosts. Also, the product (normally fencing of some sort) is thought to last longer as it's drier inside without the risen sap. For most of us now though, we cut every day of the year (except for Christmas etc.!) but plan which jobs to do in what order by the (expected!) weather for the time of year. My basic rule locally is sand or stone (as in under the soil) in the winter and clay in the summer. Some places where a shoot is run, the gamekeepers want no work done in the winter either, to not scare the birds away. The fussiness of the owner is another factor. . .
Anyway hello and thanks for reading!
I'm what we call here a woodcutter, similar to your loggers. In my area we cut coppice wood mostly, on sites that have been cut regularly like this for centuries. There is a traditional season for doing this, here it is the winter. From September to March anyway. Loads of reasons for this, cutting the wood when dormant means a whole summer of regrowth giving larger, sturdier shoots of regrowth, more likely to survive frosts. Also, the product (normally fencing of some sort) is thought to last longer as it's drier inside without the risen sap. For most of us now though, we cut every day of the year (except for Christmas etc.!) but plan which jobs to do in what order by the (expected!) weather for the time of year. My basic rule locally is sand or stone (as in under the soil) in the winter and clay in the summer. Some places where a shoot is run, the gamekeepers want no work done in the winter either, to not scare the birds away. The fussiness of the owner is another factor. . .
Anyway hello and thanks for reading!
